Guidelines for Goal Setting - Part 1



1. Write them down. Committing your goals to paper

creates a road map for success. You begin to program

them into your subconscious mind, which in turn begins to work towards

their achievement.

2. Use your imagination and describe your goals as

vividly as possible, as if they were already a reality. Describe

them using your five senses and add heaps of emotion. Emotion

adds tremendous power to your goals.

3. Be specific. The clearer you are about what you want

in life, the more readily it will manifest itself. Time and again,

sociological research has demonstrated that specific, challenging

goals result in better performance than vague goals, no goals, or

people simply trying to "do their best."

4. Write your goals in the present tense, as if they have

already come true. Say "I am" not "I am going to".

5. Be positive. Success comes when we focus on striving

toward positive outcomes, rather than avoiding negative outcomes.

People setting 'avoidance goals' (such as 'I will stop smoking') tend

to be less happy, less satisfied with life, and more anxious than others.

Positive goals put us in a positive state of mind, and are mentally

associated with positive memories and experiences, whereas avoidance

goals are typically associated with memories of failures and accidents.

6. Be 100% committed to whatever you do, especially to your

goals. As Napoleon famously said, "If you start to take Vienna - take

Vienna ." Underachievement is often caused by lack of commitment

and doubt about the worth of a goal. If you achieve your goals

and decide that you want something else, then go for that!

7. Choose goals that stretch your abilities and yet are within

what you believe is possible. People who set challenging goals for

themselves tend to accomplish more than those who set more modest goals.

As Emerson said, "We aim above the mark to hit the mark."

Tune In next week for the other 9 steps of goal setting.

Thoughts Of The Day

Goal setting is like exercising- You start off light

then as you get stronger you can handle more and more.

The key is in starting - Remember- Any goal is better then none!

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